Hat-pin guard.



PATENTED AUG. 27; 1907. A CARLYLE. HAT PIN GUARD. APPLICATION rnmn APR.4'. 1901.

UNITED STATES PAT NT- orrron ANASTA'SIA CARLYLE, 'o SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORNIA;

BAT-rm Guam).

' fipeciflcation of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. '27, 1907'.-

Application filed April-4,1907. sen-11st, 366,267.

To. all whom it r nay concern:

Be it known that I, Anastasia CARLYLE, a citizen.

of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of SanFrancisco and State of California, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Hat-Pin Guards, of which the following isaspecification.

This invention relates to an improved hat-pin guard, the object of theinvention being to provide ad evice adaptedto be secured upon thepointed end of a hatpin when in position, to retain the hat-pinin place,

and also to guard against the point of the pin-penetrating or scratchingadjacent persons or. objects, which device shall be simple inconstruction, containing few parts and those easily assembled, which canbe readily designed to conform to the head of the pin, so as to bepleasing and attractive in appearance, and which will also contain acomparatively soft ,or yielding stop to,

arrest the point of the pin without blunting it. Inthe accompanyingdrawing, Figurel is a-perspective view showing the device in use; Fig 2is an enlarged longitudinal section of the device detached; Fig. 3 isasimilar view of the device inp'osition; Fig. 4 is a cross section on theline i -4. Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a front view Referring to the, drawing, 1indicates a hat-pirr, and.

2 indicates my improved guard, said guard comprises a casing 3 having acontracted mouth 4, and upon the rear' or larger end thereof is a cap 5."Secured transversely within said cap is apin 6, around which extends aplate spring 7, each side of whichis bent in a ogee curve, said, sidesfirst converging and meeting, and thencurvedoutwardly towards their'ends. The outwardly curving ends of saidsides are received within asleeve 8, fitted securely within the narrow end orv mouth 4 of thecasing 3, and having at its rn'outh a small peripheral ridge-or flange9which abuts against said contracted mouth. Said sleeve is formed withsmall inwardly projecting lips 10, which act as abut: ni'ents for theends of the spring. In'order to additionally secure the springinposition the center thereof is preferably attached to thetransverse'pin 6 by apiece of solder ll and this solder also serves as acomparatively soft or-yield infi stop for the point of the pin when theguard is placed in position.

The operation of the device is as fo1-lows:.-The hatpin having beeninserted through the hat, the guardispushed over the pointed end thereofand said end is thereby caused toenter between the converging portionsof the sides of the spring, and these sides, as the pin-is pushedtherebetwe en, firmly grip the'pin and;

1. A device of the character. described, comprising a' being.formedinlan ogee curve, said sides converging towards their ends from themiddle portion and meeting,

and then being curved outwardly to their ends, said ends being adjacentto the mouth of the casing, substantially as described. v

2. A device of the .character described, comprising a casing having amouth, and a plate spring within said 'casing bent in the middld, eachside of the spring being formed in an ogee curve, said sides firstconverging 'and meeting und then being curved outwardly toward theirends, and n sleeve within said mouth having inwardly projecting lips,the ends ot-the spring abutting. against said iips,.substantially asdescribed.

3. A device of the chara eter f described, comprising a casing having amouthfa pin extending transversely'within said casing, and a platespring within said casing bent in the middle around said pin, each .sideof the spring being formed in an ogee curve, said sides first convergingand .meeting and then beingcurved outwardly toward their.ends, said endsbeing adjacent to the mouth of the casing, substantially as described.

' 4. A device 01 the character described, comprising a casingnhavihgamquth, and a plate springwithin ma casing bentin' the nrlddle, a pieceof soft metal securing the middle of said spring and acting as a stop.for the point of the pin, each-side of the spring being formed in anogee curve, said sides first converging and meeting and then beingcurved'outwardly toward their ends, said ends 'beingadjacent to themouth of the casing, substantially as describedi In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set my hand in' the presence of two-subscribing witnesses.

ANAs'rAsrA CARLYLE.

Witnesses C. 'L. Hows, D. B. RICHARDS.

casing having a mouth, ajnd a single plate spring within I said casingbent in the middle; eachside of the spring

